Dental : Dental implants have a success rate of about 95% so the fact the it failed 3x over a year is unusual. It is always a possibility that you cannot receive an implant in that particular area of the jaw due to rejection, but before you make that a final conclusion, i would see a board-certified periodontist or an oral surgeon for a consult if you had the implant placed by a someone else. Periodontists and oral surgeons are specialists in dental implant surgery.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Not rejection: Implants can fail, but they cannot be rejected, since they are just metal, and rejection has to do with things that are tissue-based, like kidneys, livers, hearts, etc. There could be many reasons that an implant fails. I suggest seeing an experienced implantologist. Please note that there is no such thing as a specialist in implantology, just dentists with experience placing implants.
Answered 8/28/2013
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